News About The Space Shuttle 19-MAR-10 en-us Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Mar 15, 2009 - NASA scientists discussed options Monday following a problem that occurred during the weekend when space shuttle Discovery's aft fuel tanks were being vented.]]> Washington (AFP) March 9, 2010 - The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday.]]> Radnor PA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - American Aerospace Advisors has announced that it is accepting commercial reservations for research on STS-133 (ULF-5), the last scheduled Space Shuttle mission, which will provide approximately two weeks of microgravity time.]]> Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 - Space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 astronauts spent the day Tuesday at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston conducting a simulated shuttle liftoff.]]> Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 26, 2010 - NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds - the same time each reusable solid rocket motor burns during an actual space shuttle launch. Preliminary indications show all test objectives were met.]]> Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - Space shuttle Discovery will be attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters today in NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. The shuttle is being prepared for its rollout to Launch Pad 39A, scheduled for March 2 at 12:01 a.m. EST.]]> Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 - The US space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed in Florida late Sunday after a two-week mission to install a new module on the International Space Station.]]> Houston TX (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 2:14 p.m. EST to "The Marines' Hymn," played for Commander George Zamka (Col., USMC).]]> Houston, Texas (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 - The Endeavour looked for a break in the clouds Sunday to return to Earth after a successful two-week mission to install a node with a seven-window observation deck on the International Space Station.]]> Washington (AFP) Feb 19, 2010 - The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station late Friday after completing a nine-day mission, which consisted in delivering a module dubbed Tranquility.]]>